Yuriy Abramochkin
Yuriy Vasilyevich Abramochkin (Юрий Васильевич Абрамочкин; normally rendered in English as Yuriy or Yuri Abramochkin, 11 December 1936 – 5 April 2018[1]) was a Soviet and Russian photographer and photojournalist.
| Yuriy Abramochkin | |
|---|---|
| File:Yury Abramochkin M2017-05.jpg | |
| Born | 11 December 1936 Moscow, USSR |
| Died | 5 April 2018 (aged 81) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | USSR, Russia |
| Field | Photography |
| Movement | Soviet art, photojournalism |
Abramochkin worked with Soviet and world leaders, politicians and celebrities, making among others the photos of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Charles de Gaulle, Willy Brandt, Francois Mitterrand, Richard Nixon, Urho Kekkonen, Jacques Chirac, Bill Clinton, Yuri Gagarin, Ronald Reagan, Valentina Tereshkova and Elizabeth II.[2][3]
Gallery
- RIAN archive 694193 Submarine hunter Steregushchy.jpg
- RIAN archive 851899 Pioneers and schoolchildren greet delegates and guests of XVII convention of trade unions of the USSR.jpg
- RIAN archive 807991 War veterans' reunion on Theater Square.jpg
- RIAN archive 726670 Valentina Tereshkova.jpg
- RIAN archive 479950 BelAZ dump truck presented at the 2-nd Russian International Motor Show.jpg
- RIAN archive 612179 The USSR pilot-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova at press conference.jpg
- RIAN archive 693673 Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan talk.jpg
References
- ↑ "Человек с фотоаппаратом: умер Юрий Абрамочкин" (in ru-RU). Mir24. https://mir24.tv/news/16299460/chelovek-s-fotoapparatom-umer-yurii-abramochkin. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ↑ "Nikon Россия". nikon.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ↑ "Редкие фото, сделанные легендой советской фотожурналистики (Фото)". Телеграф. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
Other websites
- Yuriy Abramochkin, as retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 2 May 2014
- Interview with Yuriy Abramochkin in Sakharov Center